Re: Represent byte array longer than MAX_BYTE_STR_LEN as hexstring

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Aug 3, 2019, at 7:27 PM, Jason Cohen <kryojenik2 () gmail com> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:15 PM Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> wrote:
> > On Aug 3, 2019, at 4:39 PM, Jason Cohen <kryojenik2 () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > I've got a lengths of bytes that I need to read from the tvb and render as a hex string that are / may be longer 
> > > than MAX_BYTE_STR_LEN which is defined as 48.  I do not need the actual bytes from the tvb after I render it as a 
> > > hexstring.
> >
> > Render where?
>
> In the packet detail.  

OK, so we could increase MAX_BYTE_STR_LEN to, say, 256, but:

        1) that wouldn't handle an *arbitrary* length - it'll *still* get cut off at 240 bytes;

        2) it'd be a lot of hex digits to stare at, possibly requiring horizontal scrolling.

How big can this field get?
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